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Documents for Corby release dispatched

Schapelle Corby sits with her translator during her trial in a Denpasar court on the Indonesian resort island of Bali May 27, 2005.

In a further promising sign that Schapelle Corby will spend her last night behind bars on Sunday, the boss of Kerobokan prison says he has confirmation the documents allowing her parole have been sent from Jakarta.

Farid Junaedi says if he can get the critical paperwork by Monday morning, the Australian could be free to go in the afternoon, after serving nine years for drug smuggling.

When Corby, 36, walks out of the prison's steel doors, she will step into a media pack that has been steadily growing in size and excitement since last week.

From Kerobokan, officials say she will have to go to a parole office in Denpasar for fingerprinting.

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The next stop is the corrections office, also in Denpasar, where she will be interviewed further about the conditions of her parole, including the arrangements for her monitoring.

Corby will then be free to go to the Kuta home of her sister Mercedes and brother-in-law Wayan Widyartha.

The agreement says she must live there, but authorities say she can move elsewhere in Bali, provided she advises them of her new address first.

It may be necessary, given the number of reporters already visiting Wayan's home daily, and the fact that one of Corby's parole conditions is that she doesn't create "unease in society".

Neighbours say they haven't seen Mercedes in weeks, and were relaxed about having her infamous sister living nearby.

The traditional Balinese compound that's home to Wayan's extended family is down a narrow laneway, but isn't private, with a steady flow of motorbike traffic.

Around the corner, on a bustling Kuta street, is Wayan's small surf shop, Kuta Boardroom, which sells a range of bikinis that Corby intends to design while on parole.

The former Gold Coast resident was arrested in in 2004 for smuggling 4.2 kilograms of cannabis into Bali.